Despite Pep Hamilton’s conservative run first offense, the Colts won the AFC South and advanced to the divisional round of the playoffs.

The style of offense Pep runs is based on having an effective running game. Given the lack of talent the Colts RB position has, and the lack of defense that they possess, there are only two words to describe their success this year…Andrew Luck.

Throw the damn ball.
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The reason the offense became more conservative is because Andrew Luck was near the top of the league in turnovers and QB hits last year. He still was hit a fair amount this year, but threw only 9 INT (half of last year’s total) despite losing Reggie Wayne. Hamilton also made former 1st round pick Donald Brown a useful player for the first time in his career. And don’t forget that this guy called the right plays when down 38-10 in the second half of a playoff game. Before that, he was only the OC for a Rose Bowl winning Stanford team. Sounds like a terrible coach to me. Really?

Now, it’s true that not every OC has the fire to be a HC. For example, even though Darrell Bevell keeps getting interviews, he would be better suited to remain as OC with the Seahawks.

The style of offense Pep runs is based on having an effective running game. Given the lack of talent the Colts RB position has, and the lack of defense that they possess, there are only two words to describe their success this year…Andrew Luck.